Monthly Archives: July 2012
Day Two – She lives!
Today my brother came over to help me try to get it running. He brought his air tank over and filled up the tires. Next we pulled the plugs. They were remarkably clean and evenly gapped so we just cleaned … Continue reading
Day One
A couple days ago we finally got my Opel moved into the garage. It had been sitting up on blocks for about 3 years in the back yard. It was a relatively quick process to drag it up to the … Continue reading
GT – Grand Touring
It seems that most people have forgotten what the term “GT” really means as it has been misused by many manufacturer over the years. The following quote is from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_tourer: A grand tourer (Italian: gran turismo) (GT) is a … Continue reading
The Beginning
Many years ago I purchased my first car at the age of 13. It was a 1973 Opel GT and my dad and I did a facelift style restoration. It was basically just brought up from it’s unrestored state to … Continue reading